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THE. An VOL. XXII. AD VO C ATE In d e p e n d e n t NO. IK P a p e r D evoted to the In te re s t» m f PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER the P eople ------------------------------------------------ — ........... 1924 - ■ - ----- * PRICE 5 CENTS A A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Elwyn Bureau Presents Russian Singer The fourth event on the Elwyn Ar- ti*t Serie» i» scheduled for January ¿ml at the Audi (hum. The arti»! i» Isa Kremer, «re* Russian singer of folk •onu» who Ila» treated a veritable • rotation wherever »he ha» appeared dunlin the paat two »ea»on» since corninn to America frr»h front Euro pran triumph» It ha» hern many year» since a for viti n artist has come to our shores who ha» made tu h a pleasant appeal to American concert goers. Mist Kremer it a »inner under stood by all. She can liantomiiie a »oun and everyone grasps its true mraninn Her audiences be- louu to every nationality. The Italians, the French, the Russians, the Jew» all love her and she it tinnmn some Knnlish this season Already the has selected several sonn» by our own Amrrican composers, whose names will (inure on her programs. Not long ago the met the celebrated N'enro composer. Marry liurleinh, whose ver sions of spirituals have become favor ites t h r o u n h o u t the land, and he coached her in some of hit works. East season, which was Miss Krctn- er's first in America, she sang forty concerts, six in Carnegie Mall in New York, four in Chicago and two each in Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, To ronto, Cleveland That the Elwyn Concert Bureau it bringing her to the Pacific Coast this season is one more evidence that this bureau is determ ined to have the new- artists for their Portland patrons while they arc still in the height of their career. --------- 0--------- Value of Reading Negro Literature By Alice M. Hansaker. RACE MAN HAD STRUG Williams Avenue Y.W.C.A, GLE Race Man’s E l e c t i o n to Judgeship Seen As A Racial Hope Perhaps No American Sing er Ever Climbed to Fame So Little Press-Agented JUDGE GEORGE MEETS GEN ERAL FAVOR Sin' (Üljriatmaa Spirit < R e p rin t fro m C h lretfo T rib u n e ) In the hie of Albert Bailey George, colored lawyer, who recently assumed the honor of a judgeship in the munici pal court of Chicago, sociologists and students of the race problem in Amer ica may find a striking example of the evolution of the black rare from their long night of wrong. To the leaders and thinkers among the colored people in the great South side colony of Chicago, the election of George l>v a substantial majority and the quirt and friendly manner in which tins news ha» been received by the rest of the city, is a matter of the utmost significance. It is considered a milestone in the journey of the Negro race out of the wilderness of slavery, an application of the principles of de mocracy which may point the way to better things for both races. Blazes Trail for Race The new judge is called the trail blazer. Mis ancestors were slaves in old Virginia Mis success hat sent a thrill of hope through the black belts, given a new incentive to study and work and decent living George is no superman even to his own people. Me would be the first to admit that there arc many others of bis race just as well fitted, perhaps better, to sit in judgment on blacks and whites in a court of record On casual inspection he might pass for a white man, but he does not effect the way of the "high yellow aristo cracy,” those who disdain the pure Africans. Me is of the middle ctass, the bulwark and hope of Afro-Ameri can life, one of those who has always found time to help others, a Christian with the motto of service in his heart. George was born in the shadow of the lovely dome of the national capi- tol, St years ago. Me is tall and broad- shouldered, with a fine high forehead, deep eyes alight with intelligence and thought, straight hair now thinning and slightly gray at the temples. He speaks without a trace of Negro ac cent. Father la School Engineer. Mis father is William M George, now 77 years old and still working as an engineer and janitor in the Wash ington schools. William George is a man of mixed blood. Albert’s mother was Dellaphine Brown, who has been dead for ten years. She was born in Washington, a woman of light com plexion, bright in intellect, energetic and well informed. The new judge is not certain who his grandfather was. William George was brought to Washington from Vir ginia when he was 10 weeks old. The mother of William George was a slave and this son that was given her was in all probability the son of her old master, or of one of her master’s sons or relatives. For some reason it was necessary to get mother and babe out of the way. Perhaps a jealous wife lurked in the background. From theory and speculation it has almost become an established fact (Continued on page 6) If 1 wish to know a man intimately, to interpret his thoughts and actions aright, I will, if possible, read his auto biography rather than a biographv of him. For no matter how sympathetic the viewpoint of a biographer may be he cannot know so well the purposes and actuating motives of the man as dors the man himself. So if I would truly know the under- lying purposes, thoughts and aspira tions of the colored race I must get them front the writings of the colored authors, poets and musicians them selves. And it is a matter for con gratulation, both to the colored race and to other Americans, that so large Johnson? What poetry appeals more and worthy a literature is being pro to the heart of humanity than the un dying verse of Paul Lawrence Dun duced by the colored people. This should be read widely by other bar? Where can we find a finer ex races because it is a setting forth of ample of English literature than in the ideals and purposes of the Negro the writings of W. E. B. Bubois? race at first hand and therefore in < Aside from his eloquent, scholarly pre- terprets the race rightly. And in the i sentation of the problem» of his race second place it should be read by the j we have in his writings a beauty of colored people themselves because the diction, a force that cannot be ex high ideals and aspirations set forth, celled and is rarely equalled in the and the noble emotions expressed, will realm of literature. be an incentive to better character And I might multiply instances for building and larger achievement. the warm heart and intense feeling of Again, negro literature should be the negro, coupled with bis racial in read by all people because it affects heritance coming from centuries . of our views concerning the rapidity of bondage and oppression, have given race progress. Who has not been him the power to portray the intensest thrilled at the possibilities wrapped up human emotions in an unusual way. in an unlettered slave boy as lie hns Through suffering he has been made a read the autobiography of Booker T. perfect interpreter of the deep things Washington? Who can fail to be con of the human heart. vinced by it that the uplift of human In a word then, the study of the beings from the most primitive condi work of our colored writers will give tions to the highest type of civilized to the colored reader an increased re Christian citizens can he accomplished spect for the achievements of his race in the life of a single individual? as well as a keener ambition toward It need not be the work of centuries noble living and high thinking and in but can be consummated in a single a white reader, such a study will generation if proper facilities for edu awaken an admiration that leads to a cation and uplift arc provided. respect for, and a better understand Then too, the works of our colored ing of his brother in color. And when writers should be read for their own mutual respect and understanding intrinsic value and beauty. Where can come, ancient prejudices and hatred straighter thinking and clearer presen will pass away and the Christmas song tation of rare problems and achieve of the angels becomes an accomplished ments be found than in the writing of fact through the reign of good-will William Pickens or James Weldon among men. y J m rk Perhaps no American singer has ever climbed to fame so little press- agented and so unpretentious in his own claims as Roland Hayes. This is the reason one must assume why in a special article on the colored tenor in the New York Times last Sunday, it is noted that to “get the facts for an adequate story of Hayes’s career is not easy..” Yet the story of the Negro singer's struggle to victory from stove mold ing to concert earning of $100,000 a ; year, as told in this article, is an en trancing one. "Through struggle to ; victory—and a great victory it has be come this season—summarizes the career of Roland Hayes,” is the in troduction given, which, points out that when he appears at the New Bed- lord Theater Sunday afternoon, Dec. 7, he will be heard by New Bedford in his first season of indisputable intera- ¡ tional renown. His early musical struggles and,the ! efforts made by those who saw pos- ; sibilitics in his voice arc reviewed in Margie L. Danley j the Times perhaps as fully as has been Executive Secretary. Williams Ave. I done with Hayes the subject. His am- Branch Y. W. C. A. ! bition and aspirations carried him mittee of Management composed of the through his music course at Fisk Uni- following women: Mrs. C. A. Jenkins, ! versitv and his Louisville, Ky., period Mrs. Elia Morton, Mrs. Hattie Red , when he paid his expenses by waiting mond, Mrs. D. Paries, Mrs. R. Nich on table, to Boston. The subsequent ols, Mrs. J. W. Stanley, Mrs. B. Mer- | high-lights in his career are told as riman, Mrs. E. F. Lancaster, Mrs R. Flowers. Mrs. J. V. Grayson, Mrs. i follows: [ “Hayes gave his first concert at J. H. Duke and Mrs. K. Gray. Symphony hall in Boston on November The various activities of the branch 15, 1917. He has since sung with the have had an attendance of 5540 for the Boston Symmphony Orchestra and be- year. Under the clubs, regular activi- fore many of that city's leading musi- ties as well as special events have been cal clubs, but at the 1917 concert he presented to the public. Special events sang only for the officers and clerks have included, the baby clinic, 10th an- of the organization for which he him- nual National Negro Health Week self was working at the time. The tenor program, special lectures, silver tea, called this concert his first real shove- Easter luncheon, Mother and Daughter off.’ It was still hard sledding, and team membership banquet, special ves- three years later, when he went to pers, parties, and the membership tea. London, he found further obstacles in The branch sent four delegates to the shape of a coa lfamine when with | Gearhart Girl Reserve conference and the last of his savings he had rented a j one delegate to Seabeck community hall tor his first concert. and student conference. "It was just at this time, while he Miss Margie L. Danley is the execu- was shivering in a bleak hotel room, ■ tive secretary and Miss lone Duke is logical Seminary and College, Lynch- that a ‘command’ came to sing before th,. assistant secretary. Miss Danley Professor J. W. Botts burg, Va.; principal of normal depart- the King and queen at Buckingham has been in charge of the work since Recently The Advocate mentioned ment of Bowling Green Academy. Palace Afterwards serious musical September, 1923. W. Botts as a "go-getter", now the Bowling Green, Kentucky; state lec- critics spoke of him as a tenor ‘with turer for the C. P. church school whom few could compare’. Another of ,he tenor.s art music critjcs having on the sociological, biological, phys- foreign tour in 1921, followed since by come from a„ par{j of Gcrmany t0 at_ ical. philosophical and psychological two more, have added the approbation tend th(, concert - At prague Buda- aspects of education of Kentucky; of most of Europe’s musical centers to , pcst anJ Vienna that mos, cxa’tin(f o{ professor of Pullman Porterism in the work ot an artist. musical capitals, a still more enthusi- Northwest division (Portland, Spo- Last year Hayes sang m Germany. astic reception greeted the American kane and Seattle) of the Pullman There had been a protect to the Ameri- 5jn(?er j t was ¡n ,j,e ja,ter c;.y t hat Porter University; editor of the Pull- can Ambassador by a group of Ger- crjtics hc,d him up ,a# a mode, fof their man Porter Messenger; president of mans against a "Negro daring to make own fjngers in spirit, style and diction’, the P. P. J. A. A club and the P. P a public appearanfce in a country which aftef hearing his group of Schubert, S. council; ex-chairman and ex-grand was being outraged by the presence of Schumann, Brahms and Wolf songs, delegate No. 1 of Local Lodge No. 26, France’s Colonial troops on the Rhine.' Hayeg s;ngs ¡n German, French, Italian of the P. P. B. A. of A., Portland, They would not have a man. they said, atl<j Japanese, and, according to a prima Oregon. singing "the tunes of Georgia cotton donna of note who heard hiin in Mr. Botts is making friends as well | ; pickers,” in a German city. So there Vienna, sings without an accent." as history in the Northwest, and The was marked hostility when Roland Stay off date, January 26th. A four- Advocate wishes him unbounded sue- Ha>es walked across ‘hc conc,ert ,,ll ge cess j in Berlin. The next day no less than ______ ______ | 130 newspapers joined in loud praise act drama, “Al Azar Temple”.—Adv. Christmas time turns our minds to Ilim who ¡ h the center of his toric Christianity—Jesua Christ, the man of Nazareth. There is no other name piven among men whereby we may be saved, said the great Biblical writ er Paul, When we consider the career of Jesus Christ nineteen hundred and twenty-four years after his birth, his character stands out as th«- one (Treat name of history. The hum ble (ialilean founded no empire, amassed no w e a l t h , wrote no hooks, but died the most ignomi nious death of his time for the convictions he held. He came simply living a life of service and teaching that the great things of the world ure love, sympathy, faith anad fellowship, lie strove not for self exaltation. But he taught and lived humility. He was contemporaneous with the mighty Caesar and he was put to death by the Roman authority. But today he lives in the hearts of millions of men, and a half bil lion how down and call him Lord, Never was t h e r e a man who spake as he; never man lived as he ; none was ever so followed. No wonder they fall before him and, say Lord. There is no explaiuit. tion of him except to call him di vine. We celebrate his birth at this season. He was born in a manger; born of a virgin; He humbled himself, that he might be an in spiration to every man who comes into the world, even to you and me. Jesus is the Light of the World. The Cold Spell The weather still remains extreme ly cold. Street cars and other vehicles are moving but in the outlying sections it is with some difficulty. Portland will witness a white Christmas this year. The Pullman Wizard He went From Stove Molding to Concert Earnings of $100,000 a Year. The Williams Ave. branch of the Young Women'* Christian Association is located at 274 Tillamook St. This branch has been organized for three years and has made rapid prog ress since that time. The increasing interest in the various activities has impressed upon all concerned the need of larger and better equipped quarters and it is the plan of the Committee of Management to work definitely toward that aim the coming year. The branch has an excellent Com- He is the only hope of all man kind now. We need him. Just tnink. The world today is not the world of a century ago. It is clos er to Hong Kong today than it was from New York to St. Lbuis when our grandfathers were hoys. The wireless telegraph, telephone, radio, aeroplane, and numerous other modern inventions have brought us face to face with all nations.. The big question is shall we live together in peace, or shall it be war! If hatreds, prejudices, competitions rule we will not have peace. That means, with present day scientific development, that we shall accomplish our own an nihilation. Man is so well educat ed ; has such control of the physi cal elements about him, that a war of extermination is not a hard thing. Only Jesus, the Prince of Peace, is the hope of the world. Only the ideals which made him great, and makes the human heart respond to him every where can save the world. Truly there is no other name whereby we shall be saved. So today the practical man, the world statesman as well as the preacher, is looking to Jesus as the world’s ideal and light and guide. If world peace shall be accom plished it will not be by fear, by self exaltation, by developing a super-nation, but by developing understanding, toleration, sympa thy. co-operation and love for all humanity, by putting into practi cal operation the religion of Jesus Christ, the lowly man of Galilee. And this is our Christmas message to the world. y$ Ben Robinson, tbe fellow to whom do not give a job if it is not to be ex ecuted, but to whom give one if it is to be done according to “Hoyle." Mr. Robinson's greatest asset is simple “ac tivity"—moving right on while the other fellow sleeps, sits around, criti cises, and “stups.” No worm is out to early to miss Robinson. He is a safe counsellor on all Pullman Porter activities, and no sacrifice of time and energy to great to give to foster them. Legion Post Opens Very He lias the honor of being chairman Auspiciously No. 2 of Local Lodge No. 26; 2nd time grand delegate to the P. P. B. A. : above cut of him (lie calls it his "man- ( I machine" or "Ford") is the first time | Levi P. Jones Post No. 118, Ameri | it has appeared ;n a national news or can Legion, held its opening in gala gan, and it is special to The Advocate. fashion last Saturday night in their 1 The follow ing are the schools attend- new home, 286 N. 17th St. Music and i I cd and degrees attained by Mr. Botts dancing were the diversions. Each through demonstrations by his “man- lady who attended was presented a ' I machine"; Public school grades com gift complimentary of the Post. ------ o------ j plete, Mt. Sidney, Va.; Normal course For ren'.—6-room house, 771 E. 6th to senior year at U. N. and C. I., Petersburg, Pa.; academic course com .St., North. Phone East 9530.—Adv. plete, College of Science and Art com For rent—5-room house and garage, plete (degree A.l).); post graduate course complete (degree Ph. B.) at Broadway 6213. Stanley & Minor.— Howard University, Washington, D. Adv. -------- o-------- C.; a course in advanced chemistry, physics and technics at Columbian Col A Card of Thanks lege, Washington, D. C.; theological course complete (degree S. T. B.). Mr. and Mrs. P.obcrt Jackson wish | Post graduate course complete (degree to extend their sincere thanks to the A. M.—Majors); philosophy, pedagogy, employes of the Portland hotel for Aramaic-Minors; Biblical History and the beautiful floral piece presented on | Sacred Archaeology) at Lincoln Uni the death of their son, Robert Harry versity, Lincoln, Pa.; comp'etc course Allen Jackson, who died in Christ on in Pullman "Rail Composit Domestic I December 17th, 1924. Also Rev. Ro- I Science"; extensive study of Deo-Ho- hert Scarce for his splendid conduct of A. convention; chairman for 2 mo-Corpo per Corposcalis"; a touch- of the funrtal services. Also to the many friends for their kindnesses and years of the Central Safety-First com up in law and medicine. Mr. Botts has been a teacher in rural flowers during his illness and death, mittee; an assistant professor of Pull Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson. man Porterism, or a Pullman Porter and city schools of Rockingham coun- -------- o-------- road instructor of Portland district; ty. Va.; principal of Harmony High and an orator of national repute in the School. Blackstone, Va.; professor of. For Rent—6 room house. Call J. C. Greek and Natural Sciences, Theo- Logan, Fast 3623.—Adv. Pullman Porter group. "R O LA SD II A YES SI S C IN G ’ from ths f’am tina of Glyn Phllpot, London ______ ONE OF THE TEN EVENTS OFFERED ON THE ELW .'N ARTIST SERIES SEASON 1SM-JI